Auburn scored eight times in the first inning and took a six-run lead into the ninth but Georgia answered with nine runs
Georgia players sprinted from the dugout and all corners of the field to mob closer Tyler Maloof behind the pitcher’s mound Sunday as Plainsman Park looked on in stunned silence.
Six outs earlier Auburn held a 6-run lead and it was seemingly a sure thing the Tigers would complete a series sweep of the Bulldogs and move into a three-way tie for first in the SEC West with two conference weekends to go.
But, after a complete Auburn meltdown and a 9-run ninth for Georgia, the Bulldogs were the ones celebrating a 14-11 win.
And the Tigers were the ones left wondering what happened.
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Auburn’s Derek Varnadore and the rest of the Tigers’ pitching staff will look to get back on track this weekend in a home series against Georgia.
“TBA” has become a household name in the Auburn weekend rotation this season.
The Tigers have used six different starters on the mound in SEC play and have only repeated their weekend rotation once in seven weeks, going with Cory Luckie, Will Irvin and Derek Varnadore for the first two conference weekends.
Luckie and Varnadore have each had bouts with arm soreness, Irvin is no longer with the team, and Auburn’s other weekend starters have been less than consistent.
Jon Luke Jacobs, after missing nearly a month with an injury, seems to have carved himself a place in the rotation lately, but even he had two rocky starts before righting the ship last week.
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Tigers Fall For Third Time Sunday at South Carolina, 7-3
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Auburn pitching staff issued nine free passes — seven walks and two hit batsmen — four of which turned into South Carolina runs, as the Tigers lost 7-3 at No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday at Carolina Stadium.
The loss dropped Auburn’s record to 23-21, 9-12 SEC while South Carolina is now 35-8, 17-4.
“We were hanging around, kept the game close and ran a bunch of pitchers out there to stay within striking distance and we did that. Unfortunately we couldn’t come up with a big hit to generate some offense this afternoon,” Auburn head coach John Pawlowski said. “We gave them some free bases with walks and hit-by-pitch. The first four or five innings we were in damage control every inning. Against good teams it’s tough to do that over and over again.”
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Jon Luke Jacobs hurled one of the finest games of his collegiate career but a ninth-inning RBI single off the bat of Scott Wingo sent Auburn to a 2-1 loss
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jon Luke Jacobs did all he could.
Auburn’s starting pitcher held No. 2 South Carolina in check for eight innings — a career long — giving up just five hits and striking out a career-high nine batters.
But Jacobs didn’t come out in the ninth with the score tied at 1, handing the ball over to Dillon Ortman.
And the Gamecocks capitalized, as Scott Wingo drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the final inning to take a 2-1 victory in the series opener at Carolina Stadium.
“Jon Luke did a great job for us tonight,” Auburn head coach Jon Pawlowski said. “Early in the ballgame, he found his way out of some trouble and he gave us everything he could. He was outstanding.
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